The collection — posted to SoundCloud by a user only known as +dB from Yorkshire, England — was brought to our attention by Tim Burgess of The Charlatans, who tweeted, “What technology was invented for: 458 John Peel shows in full. Like the encyclopedia britannica of music. Dive in.”

UPDATE 9/12/12: It appears either SoundCloud or the user has removed all of the Peel episodes — but, as @keepingitpeel points out, they area all still accessible via Google’s cache, for the time being at least: “Please help us at peel.wikia.com by d/loading, these shows need to be kept and transcribed for prosperity.” To download the shows, click through to each episode’s individual SoundCloud player, at which time you’ll see a download button.

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The Wikipedia article won’t help you find the sessions though – it lists recording dates and not broadcast dates (usually 1 to 2 weeks later). You can find broadcast dates on the BBC site (even though it’s no longer being updated): http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/johnpeel/artists/

what a shame, looks like all the files have already been taken down. managed to download a couple of them before they went away, though. i had a feeling something this awesome wouldn’t be allowed to stick around for too long.